title: Bronchial artery aneurysm as a cause of atelectasis.
abstract: A 54-year-old nonsmoker female developed atelectasis of the anterior basal segment of the right lower lobe. A non-pulsating endobronchial tumor was observed bronchoscopically obstructing the right basal bronchus. The tumor was confirmed on arteriography to be a saccular aneurysm of the right bronchial artery. The aneurysm was treated with bronchial artery embolization. Bronchial artery aneurysm, without a predisposing disease, is quite rare, but should be considered as an etiological factor of atelectasis.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Sakamoto.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Terashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takatani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Narasaki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsurutani
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagashima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohno
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D001981:Bronchial Arteries; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000209:etiology*